Klopp hails Liverpool fighting spirit after Nunez’s late winner

Liverpool coach Jürgen Klopp’s fighting spirit after Darwin Nunez’s 99th-minute goal that gave them a 1-0 victory at Nottingham Forest on Saturday.

Just as it looked like the Reds were held away, Nunez marked his return from injury with the decisive moment.

The 24-year-old came from the bench and flicked in Alexis Mac Allister’s cross right at the end of second-half stoppage time to give Liverpool all three points.

After the match, Klopp said the goal was super-deserved.

“We will see that. It was, it is so important the goal which gives you three points. It’s always super-decisive and, especially for him, super-deserved. People singing that song more often, it’s the best way to calm it immediately down, but they can sing it if Darwin responds like he did today.”

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“Before that he had really good moments. I think it was him after a set-piece, if I’m right, [where it was a] sensational save of the goalie. It was his chance as well. He was really immediately in the game, in a difficult game for us obviously.”

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“Game No.4 in 11 days is always difficult. With our squad situation, it’s super-difficult. We didn’t start particularly well, it was obvious, but we had no real rhythm – that was the problem a little bit.

“Not really fluent, these kind of things, you have to play quick against a defensive block, you have to play in the right spaces, we had too many players behind the ball – normal football things – and created anyway then a few chances, not the biggest ones. But we had a few chances which showed us how we can do it,” Klopp.